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« Reply #3090 on: December 28, 2021, 02:34:25 PM »
When to depart from a stopover site? Time since arrival matters more than current weather conditions

https://academic.oup.com/auk/article-abstract/139/1/ukab057/6377305?redirectedFrom=fulltext
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« Reply #3091 on: January 02, 2022, 04:03:10 PM »
Citrine Wagtail migration on the Indo-European flyway: a first geolocator track reveals alternative migration route and endurance flights to cross ecological barriers

https://avianres.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s40657-021-00305-1

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« Reply #3092 on: January 14, 2022, 06:58:44 PM »
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« Reply #3093 on: January 24, 2022, 02:21:43 PM »
U.S. finds more avian flu cases in wild birds, identifies strain

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-identifies-bird-flu-strain-found-south-carolina-duck-2022-01-18/

H5N1 avian influenza detected in two more wild birds in US

https://www.jpost.com/health-and-wellness/article-694366
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« Reply #3094 on: January 26, 2022, 11:32:05 PM »
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« Reply #3095 on: February 15, 2022, 09:10:58 PM »
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« Reply #3096 on: February 21, 2022, 01:04:28 PM »
New fossil birds discovered near China’s Great Wall – one had a movable, sensitive 'chin'

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/02/220218100721.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email
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« Reply #3097 on: February 22, 2022, 03:19:26 PM »
After Mounting a Comeback, Eagles Face a New Threat

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/19/us/bald-eagles-lead-poisoning-study.html?campaign_id=34&emc=edit_sc_20220222&instance_id=53928&nl=science-times&regi_id=75212545&segment_id=83534&te=1&user_id=5dfcb8a357462614ceb0aa39e8af8e74


A bald eagle with a fractured left ulna, low-level lead poisoning and anemia was treated by Badger Run Wildlife Rehab in Klamath Falls, Ore. It later died.Credit...Badger Run Wildlife Rehab

Demographic implications of lead poisoning for eagles across North America (Be sure to open the PDF for valuable details)

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abj3068

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« Reply #3098 on: February 23, 2022, 12:39:26 PM »
Male birds have stronger immune system than females, research suggests

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/02/220222135203.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email
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« Reply #3099 on: February 23, 2022, 12:53:02 PM »
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« Reply #3100 on: February 24, 2022, 03:29:27 PM »
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« Reply #3101 on: February 25, 2022, 05:36:27 PM »
'The Birds Outsmarted Us’: Magpies Help Each Other Remove Scientists' Tracking Devices

https://gizmodo.com/the-birds-outsmarted-us-magpies-help-each-other-remov-1848575846

Australian Magpies Gymnorhina tibicen cooperate to remove tracking devices

https://www.birdlife.org.au/afo/index.php/afo/article/view/2247

Altruism in birds? Magpies have outwitted scientists by helping each other remove tracking devices

https://theconversation.com/altruism-in-birds-magpies-have-outwitted-scientists-by-helping-each-other-remove-tracking-devices-175246


One of the trackers we attached to five magpies, which weighs less than one gram. Dominique Potvin, Author provided


 This magpie wasn’t sure what to think of its new accessory. Dominique Potvin, Author provided

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« Reply #3102 on: February 25, 2022, 05:47:17 PM »
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« Reply #3103 on: February 28, 2022, 12:52:55 PM »
Microscopic Analysis of the Plumulaceous Feather Characteristics of Cathartiformes and Accipitriformes in North America

https://bioone.org/journals/journal-of-raptor-research/volume-56/issue-1/JRR-21-16/Microscopic-Analysis-of-the-Plumulaceous-Feather-Characteristics-of-Cathartiformes-and/10.3356/JRR-21-16.short

Historical Accounts Provide Inference into Population Dynamics of American Kestrels (Falco sparverius) in the Northeastern USA

https://bioone.org/journals/journal-of-raptor-research/volume-56/issue-1/JRR-21-37/Historical-Accounts-Provide-Inference-into-Population-Dynamics-of-American-Kestrels/10.3356/JRR-21-37.short

Challenges Adapting a Backpack Harness for Use on Gray Hawks (Buteo plagiatus)

https://bioone.org/journals/journal-of-raptor-research/volume-56/issue-1/JRR-21-31/Challenges-Adapting-a-Backpack-Harness-for-Use-on-Gray-Hawks/10.3356/JRR-21-31.short

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« Reply #3104 on: March 06, 2022, 02:41:17 PM »
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